Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Comparing Quantities, Exercise 1: Exercise

A table marked at $₹15000$ is available for $₹14400$. Find the discount given and the discount percent.

_____ times a number is $900\%$ increase of that number. ( Answer in word)

Two times a number is a $100\%$ increase in the number. If we take half the number what would be the decrease in percent?

By what percent is $₹2000$ less than $₹2400$? Is it the same as the percent by which $₹2400$ is more than $₹2000$.

Calculate the amount and compound interest on
$₹62,500$ for 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ years at $8\%$ per annum compounded half-yearly.

In a laboratory, the count of bacteria in a certain experiment was increasing at the rate of $2.5\%$ per hour. Find the bacteria at the end of $2$ hours if the count was initially $\mathrm{5,06,000}.$

If $60\%$ people in a city like cricket, $30\%$ like football and the remaining like other games, then what percent of the people like other games? If the total number of people is $50 \mathrm{lakhs}$, find the exact number who like each type of game.

Which ratio is greater? $2 : 11 \mathrm{or} 3 : 12$